Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering team that first reached the summit of Mount Everest, the ...

Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35 members of the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay ...

Jim Morrison, a 50-year-old American skier, dedicated his historic descent down Mount Everest to the memory of his late ...

Jim Morrison made history skiing Mount Everest's treacherous North Face in just over four hours, dedicating his achievement to late partner Hilaree Nelson.

Outside spoke to the 92-year-old’s family members about the role he played in helping Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary ...

All of us are experienced hikers, but this blizzard was still extremely difficult to deal with,” one climber said.

Jim Morrison, 50, completed the historic run on October 15 as a tribute to his late partner, Hilaree Nelson, who died in an ...

About 350 hikers caught in the storm have been guided to safety by rescuers, Reuters reported. They were taken to the small ...

Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- An avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake swept across Nepal's Mount Everest region on Saturday, killing at least 10 climbers and guides, slamming into a section of the ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the team that first conquered Mount Everest, died Thursday at age 92 in Kathmandu, Nepal [1][2]. He was part of the historic 1953 British expedition that ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the pioneering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, has died at ...